Tauron looking for contractor for Łagisza unit

Major Polish utility Tauron has announced a tender for the contractor of the combined cycle gas unit in the Łagisza power plant, the company said in a press release on Friday. The gas-fired unit is expected to have an electric power generation capacity of 400-500 MW and a heat generation capacity of some 250 MW. It is scheduled to replace existing coal-fired units, which will be in operation until 2018. In March this year, Tauron signed an agreement securing PLN 750 million financing for the project from the Polish Investments program.